ECBC Publishes 2016 Edition of the European Covered Bond Fact Book
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The European Covered Bond Council (ECBC) is pleased to announce the publication of the 11th (2016) edition of its European Covered Bond Fact Book, which builds upon the success of previous editions and cements its place as the most comprehensive source of information in terms of market, regulatory and legislative developments and statistical data on the covered bond asset class.
With nearly €2.5 trillion outstanding at the end of 2015, covered bonds play a key role in European capital markets, contributing to the efficient allocation of capital and, ultimately, to economic development and recovery. The €539 billion of issuance during 2015 evidences the ability of the asset class to provide essential access to long-term capital market funding. Covered bonds’ consistently strong performance and quality features attract the attention of regulators and market participants worldwide, which, in turn, leads to an increasing recognition of the macro-prudential value of the asset class.
The 11th edition of the European Covered Bond Fact Book 2016 features the following content:
Chapter I presents an analysis of 11 key themes of the year, offering an overview of the Industry’s views on these developments.
Chapter II provides a detailed explanation of covered bond fundamentals, including reviews of some of the current European regulatory changes that have had/are bound to have a direct and significant impact on covered bonds, mainly the Capital Requirements Directive and Regulation (CRD IV and CRR), Liquidity Coverage Ratio and Solvency III. This chapter also includes articles outlining the repo treatment of covered bonds by central banks, investigating the relationship between covered bonds and other asset classes, such as senior unsecured and government bonds, and describing the USD and GBP denominated covered bond markets.
Chapter III presents an overview of the legislation and markets in 37 countries, which demonstrates the worldwide success and recognition of the asset class.
Chapter IV sets out rating agencies’ covered bond methodologies.
Chapter V provides a description of trends in the covered bond market, as well as a complete set of covered bond statistics up to the end of 2015.
“Over the past years the ECBC Covered Bond Fact Book has represented a clear response of the Covered Bond Industry to the call for enhanced transparency in the covered bond space. The 11th Fact Book edition (2016) reinforces its position as the leading compendium of essential covered bond information offering a complete overview of market, regulatory, legislative and statistical developments at the global level.”
Luca Bertalot, EMF-ECBC Secretary General
The European Covered Bond Fact Book 2016 can be downloaded on the ECBC website here. The hard copy of the Fact Book will be presented and made available at the ECBC Plenary Meeting in Düsseldorf on the 14th of September 2016. For more information on the upcoming ECBC Plenary Meeting, please refer to the agenda available on the ECBC website here.
The ECBC welcomes the broad range of views expressed in this revision of the Fact Book and thanks all contributors whose enthusiasm and dedication have once again produced an outstanding publication, especially the Chairmen of the ECBC Fact Book and Statistics & Data Working Groups, Mr Wolfgang Kälberer and Mr Florian Eichert, respectively.
Contact:
Luca Bertalot
Secretary General
Tel: +32 2 285 40 35
Notes to the Editor:
Established in 1967, the European Mortgage Federation (EMF) is the voice of the European mortgage industry, representing the interests of mortgage lenders and covered bond issuers at European level. The EMF provides data and information on European mortgage markets, which were worth over €6.9 trillion at the end of 2014. As of August 2016, the EMF has 19 members across 14 EU Member States as well as a number of observer members.
In 2004 the EMF founded the European Covered Bond Council (ECBC), a platform bringing together covered bond issuers, analysts, investment bankers, rating agencies and a wide range of interested stakeholders. As of August 2016, the ECBC has over 100 members across 26 active covered bond jurisdictions and many different market segments. ECBC members represent over 95% of covered bonds outstanding, which were worth nearly 2.5 trillion EUR at the end of 2015.
In June 2014, the EMF and the ECBC came together to form the Covered Bond & Mortgage Council (CBMC), which replaced the European Mortgage Federation as the legal name under which both entities operate, although in practice, both the EMF and ECBC brands are maintained and used to identify the two areas of focus within the CBMC’s scope.
The Covered Bond Label Foundation (CBLF) was established in 2012 by the EMF-ECBC. The Covered Bond Label website became fully operational on the 1st of January 2013, with the first Labels being effective since then. As of August 2016, the website features 14 National Transparency Templates, 77 issuer profiles and information on 91 labelled cover pools. The Covered Bond Label website currently provides issuance data on over 4,200 covered bonds, amounting to a total face value of over 1.4 trillion EUR, out of which over 2,000 covered bonds already include information on the Liquidity Coverage Requirement (LCR).
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